Sixers for 2; Wild Thing tosses in to Delonte to Z to Delonte to Z to LB to Mo to Delonte for a miss; Green misses, Zbound to Mo to Delonte to Wild Thing to LB to Delonte for 3 and there's a certain symmetry to the time and score:

Joe answers with a slightly less emphatic 2; Dalembert tosses out of bounds, too high for Evans; Boobie misses, Boobie rebounds to LB to Joe to Wally to Boobie to Wally for 2 and it's:

17 - 17 at 1:24.

Boobie reaches in on Williams, who makes both; Dalembert fouls LeBron, who splits a pair; 52.5 seconds; Ratliff fouls a loose ball on the missed free throw rebound as Ben hits the floor and then splits a pair. Symmetry continues:

19 - 19 at 50.1 seconds.

Miller misses; LB "hops and scores," 27.3 seconds; Miller misses, 24 second violation; LB tosses in to Mo for a miss, Boobie rebounds for 2, where in the world did he come from and was he floating through the air, 1.3 seconds, buzzer sounds, end Q1.

23- 19 Cavs.

2nd Quarter

Cavs start the second quarter with a turn over; Speights misses, Ivey rebounds to Louis Williams for 2.

Wally sinks a 3 and it's:

26 - 21 Cavs at 10:51.

Mo fouls Ratliff, who makes both; Wally for 2; Ivey for 0; Ben rebounds to Mo to Wally to Delonte, 3 second defensive violation on Philly, Mo shoots and makes the tech.

Fred and AC talk about having Mo and Delonte on the floor at the same time. Both can beat you off the dribble; throws teams off.

While they're talking, Mo "rains a long one" (Fred) and it's inverted symmetry:

32 - 23 Cavs at 9:32.

Miller for 2; Joe misses; Williams for 2; Delonte for 3.

Williams for 2; Mo loses the ball, Ben gets it back; Wally hits another 3. Love it when this happens.

38 - 29 Cavs at 7:38.

Speights dunks for 2; Mo misses a 3; Miller for 2:

This is where they [76ers] feel comfortable - coming down in transition. They don't want to play half court. --AC

Time out Cavs.

Time in and here's the:

Trivia Question

Two Cavaliers have distributed 22 or more assists in a game. Who are they?

LeBron tosses in to Delonte to LB to Delonte, who is blocked by Williams, Philly rebounds, Wally steals to Z, who misses, to Wild Thing, who doesn't.

40 - 33 Cavs at 6:14.

Z steals to Wally to LB, who tosses it away and then cleanly strips Iguodala, out of bounds, Philly ball, not for long, Delonte steals, is fouled, makes both.

Miller for 2, he keeps doing that; LeBron to Wally, who is surrounded by opponents and fouled, not in the act of shooting, AC and I don't understand the call:

"What was he planning on doing?" says a sarcastic, frustrated and angry AC. "I guess they figured he was going to pass the ball to a Sixer."

Delonte to Wild Thing to LB to Wally to Z for 2; that pesky Speights for 2; Z tosses in to Delonte to Z to Delonte to Wally to Wild Thing for a miss, Zbound, fouled by Iguodala, time out, commercial break.

48 - 40 Cavs at 2:34.

Time in and we have the:

Trivia Answer

Geoff Huston27 v. Golden State on January 27, 1982

Andre Miller22 v. Philly on December 15, 2001

Remember the Z foul? He makes both, then fouls Dalembert, who also makes both.

Z tosses in to Mo to Wild Thing to LB to Wild Thing, who is blocked by Speights, 24 second violation; Iguodala misses, out of bounds off Wild Thing, Philly ball.

Miller misses, Wild Thing rebounds to Delonte to LB to Delonte to Wild Thing to LB, who misses a 3, Wild Thing taps out to Delonte to Mo, who tosses up a 3 and it looks good, it goes in, bounces out; Miller for 2 and it's:

57 - 52 Cavs at 8:13.

Mo to Wild Thing to Mo to Wild Thing to Mo, who is fouled by Iguodala; LeBron tosses in to Delonte to Z to LeBron, who is fouled and makes both.

Z fouls Evans, everyone in 2 straight lines like Madeline, Evans misses, Evans is bleeding, everyone relaxes, time out, stop the bleeding, time in, Evans makes the next one and it's:

Mo to Delonte to Mo to LeBron, who is fouled by Dalembert, time for the Madeline lineup again, time to relax again, LeBron is bleeding this time, under the left kneecap, time out, time in, LB splits a pair.

LB misses, Benbound to Wally to LB to Boobie to Joe to Boobie for 2; Williams for 2; Boobie misses, Boobie rebounds to LB, who waits and waits and waits for the perfect moment, here it is, passes to Joe for 2.

76 - 68 Cavs with 10.8 seconds left in the third.

Boobie fouls Williams, that's four for Daniel, Williams makes both; 3.2 seconds, LeBron tosses in to Ben to LB for a miss and a buzzer, end Q3.

4th Quarter

Green does us a favor and opens the fourth with a miss, Benbound to Wally to Mo to Delonte to Joe to Wally to Mo for a miss.

Dalembert misses, Speights tips in; Wally misses; Ben blocks Williams and then rebounds; Wally fouls Ivey as they both head for Ben's pass.

Speights is "deleted by Joe Smith" (Fred); Mo misses, Joe misses; Williams will see you 2 and raise you a missed 3, Speights rebounds:

"He picked the dribble up and continued," says a disbelieving Fred.

No call, Williams for 2.

76 - 74 Cavs at 9:22. 2 point game.

Not for long. Delonte to Mo to Wally for 3. Williams palms, is caught, time out.

79 -74 Cavs at 9:04.

Mo to Joe to Wally, try it again, Mo to Joe for 2.

Ben blocks Ratliff, Ivey for 2.

Ben tosses in to Mo for 2; Green misses; Mo, stuck in the corner, finds Ben, looks like a sure thing, here comes an even surer thing, trick pass to a cutting Joe for a "feel me" dunk.

Time out; LeBron is ecstatic, runs onto the court, high diming everyone:

Look who's the happiest Cavalier. --Fred

Time in; Speights misses, Joebound to Mo, who misses a 3; Williams does too; Ben fouls Ivey, who makes both and it's:

85 - 78 Cavs at 6:12.

Delonte tosses to LB, who thinks about it and tosses it back, Delonte tosses to Wally, who thinks about it and tosses to LeBron, who thinks about it and misses; Wally, possibly regretting he didn't take the shot, fouls Iguodala, who makes both.

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